Beginning with And: New and Selected Poems

by Larry Smith

This is a fine collection from an important and vital American poet. It has wide range yet consistent voice and an imagination that holds up the sky.

158 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Smith is the author of 9 books of poetry and 6 books of fiction as well as two memoirs and two literary biographies of Kenneth Patchen and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. He is married to Ann Smith, a professor of nursing, with 3 adult children and 8 grandchildren. He taught at BGSU Firelands College in Ohio for 38 years. His most recent work includes The Thick of Thin: Memoirs of a Working-Class Writer (2017) and Thoreau's Lost Journal: Poems (2018, new enlarged edition).

Reviews

[John Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book is new and selected poems by Alberta Turner with an introduction by David Citino.

[Camille Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alberta Turner: What do you mean, mean?